A natural gas benefit offer worth more than $1 billion has been rejected by a First Nation on B.C.'s northwest coast, but not everyone thinks it will necessarily scuttle the project.
Pacific NorthWest LNG was proposing to build a pipeline and terminal in the Lax Kw'alaams Band territory just south of Prince Rupert.
Band members were asked to vote on a $1.15-billion offer over 40 years in exchange for their consent for the project.
The vote in Vancouver on Tuesday was the third in a series conducted by the First Nation that rejected the project.
Premier Christy Clark said yesterday that she believes it is only a matter of time until a negotiated agreement is reached with the 3,700-member band.
Clark insisted the possible rejection of the liquefied-natural-gas terminal is nothing more than a bump in the road for a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project.
Pacific NorthWest LNG wants to transport natural gas from the northeast corner of the province to an export facility on Lelu Island, just south of Prince Rupert.
Band members have raised concerns over the project's environmental impact, because of the site's location at the head of the Skeena River and the threat it poses to the watershed.
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